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1. A computer-readable memory device having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions are configured to cause at least one device to perform operations comprising: generating a hyperlink comprising a first address portion and a second address portion according to a selection of an icon from a drag-and-drop user interface, wherein the first address portion identifies a network address of the local server application and the second address portion addresses a location in a memory system of the at least one device where the file is accessible, wherein the icon identifies the file, and wherein the hyperlink is automatically generated and includes concatenating the first address portion with the second address portion; receiving a file request at a local server application in the at least one device, wherein the file request is received from a client requesting a file, wherein the file request comprises the first address portion and the second address portion; analyzing the second address portion to identify a type of memory system access that is requested by the file request; retrieving the file from the location in the memory system with the local server application or with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server application in the at least one device based on the type of memory system access requested by the file request; and transmitting, by the local server application in the at least one device, the file to the client.
A system for creating and using a special hyperlink. When a user drags and drops a file icon, the system automatically generates a hyperlink with two parts. The first part is the network address of the local server application. The second part is the location of the file on the device's memory. When a client requests the file using this hyperlink, the local server receives the request. The server then analyzes the second part of the hyperlink to determine how to access the memory (e.g. direct access or through HTTP). Finally, the server retrieves the file from the specified location and sends it back to the client.
2. The computer-readable memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the first address portion further identifies a network domain associated with the at least one device, and wherein the client is associated with a different network domain.
The hyperlink system extends to scenarios where the client and server are on different networks. The first part of the hyperlink, which identifies the server's network address, also includes the server's network domain. This allows a client from a *different* network domain to still correctly identify and communicate with the server. The rest of the process remains the same as described previously: the client sends a file request, the server analyzes the second address portion (file location), retrieves the file, and transmits it back to the client, even across network domain boundaries.
3. The computer-readable memory device according to claim 2 , wherein the second address portion identifies an address of the memory system in the network domain.
Building upon the cross-network communication, the second address portion of the hyperlink now explicitly specifies the address of the file's location within the server's *network domain*. This means the second part doesn't just describe the file's location on the device, but also provides information about its location relative to the network itself. The first address portion still identifies the network address and domain, while this second address offers more precise routing information inside that domain.
4. The computer-readable memory device according to claim 2 , wherein the file is directly accessible from the network domain based on the second address portion.
Instead of just specifying a file path, the system creates a hyperlink such that the file is directly accessible from the originating network. This direct access capability is enabled by the second address portion which contains the network address and other information needed to retrieve the file from the memory system within the network domain directly, without needing further processing or translation. The client can simply use the combined hyperlink to immediately download the file.
5. The computer-readable memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the first address portion is analyzed by the client to identify the network address of the local server application.
In this file sharing system, the client itself plays a role in resolving the location of the server. The client analyzes the *first* address portion of the hyperlink (the server's network address) to determine how to connect to the server. This means the client has the intelligence to extract the server's address from the hyperlink and use that address to establish communication.
6. The computer-readable memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transferring the file request across multiple peer entities identified by successive hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) addresses in the file request.
This file sharing system can handle file requests that need to be routed through multiple servers or intermediaries. The file request, which includes the specially formatted hyperlink, is passed across several "peer entities," each identified by its own HTTP address within the hyperlink. Each server along the path processes the request and forwards it to the next server based on the address embedded in the hyperlink, until the request reaches the final destination and retrieves the specified file.
7. An apparatus, comprising: means for generating a hyperlink comprising a first address portion and a second address portion according to a selection of an icon from a drag-and-drop user interface, wherein the first address portion identifies a network address of the local server application in the apparatus and the second address portion includes an address of a memory device in the apparatus where a file resides, and wherein the second address portion is separately denoted in the file request from the first address portion, wherein the icon identifies the file, and wherein the hyperlink is automatically generated and includes concatenating the first address portion with the second address portion; means for receiving a file request comprising the first address portion and the second address portion; means for analyzing the second address portion to identify a type of memory system access that is requested by the file request; and means for retrieving the file from the memory device identified by the second address portion with the local server application in the apparatus or with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server application in the apparatus based on the type of memory system access requested by the file request.
This system enables easy file sharing using a specific type of hyperlink. A user can drag and drop a file icon, and the system automatically generates a hyperlink with two parts. The first part identifies the network address of the local server application, and the second part provides the file's memory location on the device. The system receives file requests with both parts of the address. It analyzes the second part to determine the memory access method (direct or HTTP) and retrieves the file accordingly using either the local server application or an HTTP server application.
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December 9, 2014
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